It is my great pleasure to welcome you to the 11th Go4Europe Business Conference, hosted by Cukierman & Co. Investment House and Catalyst Funds. Today we celebrate the 20^th anniversary of our investment house and private equity activities.

Cukierman & Co. is an innovatie Investment House, driving European and Israeli businesses to expand their relationships, by providing a full array of investment banking services. Since its establishment, Cukierman & Co. has been engaged in corporate finance transactions valued at €4bn through M&A, Private Placements and Initial Public Offerings.

We have achieved in Israel a dominant position in Private Equity through Catalyst Funds. We have established three successful and top-performing private equity funds that focused on investments into Israeli technology companies.  Following our first 3 successful funds we shifted some of our PE focus to the emerging markets, which have become a major growth engine for our friends in Israel and Europe. I hope we can explore these new opportunities together.

Go4Europe is one of Israel’s premier and most prestigious conferences for the business and investment communities focusing on Israel and Europe. We have designed Go4Europe to accommodate the needs of investors and companies looking to create cross border transactions between Israel and Europe.. Europe is and will remain Israel’s main business partner for years to come!

Edouard Cukierman            
Chairman, Cukierman & Co. Investment House Ltd.
Managing Partner, Catalyst Funds